Teaching Waiting for Godot | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the first ten pages of the play by reading it and creating various descriptions of the mood and characterizations of Estragon and Vladimir. Students should keep a notebook for this and all other assignments.

1) 1. Divide the students into groups of two. Have the students read the first ten pages of the play aloud, each student taking one...
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